Cocktail Drinks Recipes To Ring In The New Year
Do you plan on inviting a few friends over to ring in the New Year? Here are some easy drinks that you can make to have a night festive.
Grapefruit Gimlet
Total Time: 5 min
Prep: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Level: Easy
Ingredients
· 2 ounces freshly squeezed ruby red grapefruit juice
· 2 ounces gin
· 1 tablespoon simple syrup
Directions
Add the grapefruit juice, gin and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Cover and vigorously shake for 30 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass filled with ice. Garnish with a small triangle wedge of grapefruit.
The Manhattan Cocktail
· 1 1/2 oz. Rye (Rittenhouse 100pf)
· 1.75 oz Sweet Vermouth
· .5 oz Grand Marnier
· 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
· 1 lemon twist, for garnish.
Add ingredients to a mixing glass. Add ice, stir and strain in a chilled cocktail coupe. Garnish with zest of lemon.
Champagne Cocktail
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Ingredients:
· 1/4 oz brandy
· 3/4 oz ruby port
· 3/4 oz orange juice
· 4 oz Champagne
Preparation:
· Pour the brandy, port and orange juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
· Shake well.
· Strain into a Champagne flute.
· Top with Champagne.
Cosmopolitan Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz Rose's® lime juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice
Directions
Shake vodka, triple sec, lime and cranberry juice vigorously in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime wedge on the rim, and serve.
A Goodnight Kiss
Ingredients
4 oz Champagne
1 splash Campari® bitters
1 sugar cube
1 drop Angostura® bitters
Directiions
Place a drop of angostura bitters on a sugar cube and drop into a champagne flute. Add champagne and splash of campari.
Feel Like Holiday
Ingredients
1 cl vodka
1 cl grenadine syrup
10 cl Champagne
Directions
Stir vodka and grenadine with ice. Pour into a champagne-flute without the ice. Fill up with champagne
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